Tug of war at the 2001 World Games

The tug of war events at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played between 20 and 21 August.[1] Athletes from 12 nations participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Skydome in Yūwa. Two men's events were held as official sport. Two women's events were invitational sport at this games.

Tug of war
at the 2001 World Games
VenueSkydome
Location Yūwa, Japan
Dates20–21 August 2001
Nations12

Participating nations

  •  Australia
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Germany
  •  Great Britain[2]
  •  Ireland
  •  Japan
  •  Netherlands
  •  South Africa
  •  Spain
  •  Sweden
  •  Switzerland
  •  United States

Medal table

Official events

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1102
2 Netherlands1001
3 Switzerland0101
4 Japan0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Invitational events

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands1012
2 Spain1001
3 Japan0202
4 United States0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Events

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Indoor 600 kg
 Great Britain (England)
Neil Alcock
Shaun Alcock
Ian Daniels
Carl Davies
David Field
Tony Hadley
Jonathan Jones
Duane Meadowcroft
Phil Paddock
Kirk Scott
Robert Steele
 Great Britain (Scotland)
Alan Brodie
Larry Dunlop
Stephen Garner
Gary Gillespie
Graeme Hendry
Neil MacFarlane
Thomas Nelson
Robert Patterson
Gordon Sang
Robert Warnock
Tom Weir
 Japan
Takashi Chiwaki
Yutaka Ishiyama
Mitsuru Kobayashi
Hideaki Morozumi
Akihiko Nakamura
Masahiro Osada
Tatsuo Saito
Humiaki Sato
Osamu Suzuki
Yoshihiro Takeuchi
Yoshika Yamaki
Outdoor 680 kg
 Netherlands
Ivo Brugman
Jan Groot Wassink
Gerben Jansen
Henk Lammers
Erwin Leusink
Marcel Leusink
Wim Mateman
Peter Naalden
Erik Scharenborg
Arnold Veltkamp
 Switzerland
Walter Bernhard
Daniel Christen
Peter Christen
Ueli Christen
Patrick Emmenegger
Albert Klager
Fabian Langenstein
Simon Langenstein
Peter Lenherr
Ernst Rutten
Jost Waser
 Sweden
Roger Andersson
Johannes Bodi
Fredrik Järviö
Jim Johansson
Kristoffer Johansson
Tom Johansson
Mikael Karlsson
Jesper Persson
Björn Törnblom

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Indoor 480 kg
 Spain  Japan  Netherlands
Indoor 520 kg
 Netherlands  Japan  United States

References

  1. "Web Archive 2001 World Games". Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  2. England, Northern Ireland and Scotland competed separately in this sport. England and Scotland won two medals in official events, but in official medal table their score is counted as Great Britain.
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